Yotes Eating Corn?

[MtnCreek]

Anyone heard of coyotes eating sweetcorn? I had a couple ears eaten, so put out some live traps baited with honey buns. My son was checking them and reported the traps were moved around a little and the bait gone. I figured a trap wise coon was doing it. We set some dogproof traps in the corn and moved the live traps to where we could get some pictures of the action. A trailcam was set on a stake near the live traps. Nothing touched them for a couple of days. I didn't put the camera back yesterday and this morning the traps were flipped over and bait gone. Dogproof's were baited with cat food; they were cleaned out too. It looks like yote tracks. Yotes eating corn and honey buns?

 

[Veer_G]

Put out donuts and coffee. If they're gone, mystery solved.

Although it really does sound like raccoons.

 

[Maggot]

Anyone heard of coyotes eating sweetcorn? I had a couple ears eaten, so put out some live traps baited with honey buns. My son was checking them and reported the traps were moved around a little and the bait gone. I figured a trap wise coon was doing it. We set some dogproof traps in the corn and moved the live traps to where we could get some pictures of the action. A trailcam was set on a stake near the live traps. Nothing touched them for a couple of days. I didn't put the camera back yesterday and this morning the traps were flipped over and bait gone. Dogproof's were baited with cat food; they were cleaned out too. It looks like yote tracks. Yotes eating corn and honey buns?

YOu'd be surprised what any wild animal will eat if hungry. My wolf cub eats fresh mulberries right off the tree and the little bitch is even stealing peaches.v Tomatoes...yep. Cantalope...yep. Pretty much anything that doesnt eat her first. It could be any of several animals and the yotes coming to check out the action. Get that camera back up.

 

[Maser]

Not a yote, but my dog Taz used to love buttered and salted corn cobs. If you ever left one around him and wasn't paying attention, he'd snatch it and wouldn't give it back. I miss him!
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[j-huskey]

Down here, yotes destroy sweet corn as bad as hogs. sneaky too, had 10 rows behind house, visible from kitchen window/shooting station...
Yotes ate the back row first.... then the second from back, until they ate the back 9 of the 10 rows, left the one row for cover.
They avoided the traps set in the corn for them. had the turds on camera the whole time...
They eat persimmons, run the deer off them. Eat water melons, eat blackberries, eat scuppernongs, if it's there, they eat it down here.

 

[MtnCreek]

Down here, yotes destroy sweet corn as bad as hogs. sneaky too, had 10 rows behind house, visible from kitchen window/shooting station...
Yotes ate the back row first.... then the second from back, until they ate the back 9 of the 10 rows, left the one row for cover.
They avoided the traps set in the corn for them. had the turds on camera the whole time...
They eat persimmons, run the deer off them. Eat water melons, eat blackberries, eat scuppernongs, if it's there, they eat it down here.

Interesting. I remove several coons per year, but never had yotes eating it that I know of. What type of trap setup did you do? I'm thinking about setting blind sets between the rows.

 

[supercorndogs]

Yea, sweet and field corn. I hunted a very wiley pack of dogs for a guy around Goodland KS, when I was in their tech school. The problem was his coyotes would not come out of the corn feilds in the summer. Biggest, strongest coyotes I have ever seen out here in the west. When I would scout the fields, I would find coyote poop than just looked like corn cobs on the ground. It appeared to be all they were eating, and I have a feeling from what I saw it was raccoons taking his chickens. Those coyotes were super powered.

 

[Rthur]

Coyotes, coons, deer, unruly neighbors.
I've lowered the gun on all of the above.

R

 

[oneshot86]

at least its only your corn
a mangy coyote has gotten 4 of my turkeys, unknown chickens, affected our egg production by scaring the girls and just very recently got my 2 peking ducks...cock sucker

 

[cav has been]

Not trying to be a dick, ( I really don't have to try ) but this is a shooting forum..........

 

[Tiger83]

Mangy mutts eat almost anything, including corn.

 

[K-tech]

Mtn, I'm not big into trapping but my cousin was nailing them last year using snares. Really pay attention to any scent that you leave on your traps, because they sure as hell will. As for yotes eating corn, they are omnivorous and that's an easy meal for them, especially since this time of year they're burning calories trying to raise pups

 

[Dirty D]

Not trying to be a dick, ( I really don't have to try ) but this is a shooting forum..........

I have scattered coyote brains across a pasture and it can be most satisfying.

 

[j-huskey]

Interesting. I remove several coons per year, but never had yotes eating it that I know of. What type of trap setup did you do? I'm thinking about setting blind sets between the rows.

We did blind sets, 5" traps. They avoided them, walked around them. Not having trouble trapping them elsewhere.... just no luck in the corn patch behind house.

 

[j-huskey]

Not trying to be a dick, ( I really don't have to try ) but this is a shooting forum..........

AND this is in the bear pit where anything goes, Richard... .

 

[1J04]

Would love to see some trail cam pics or video. Never heard of them eating corn actually, but they obviously do. We just don't have a lot of it around here. Few people have in their gardens but that's about it. Plenty of people swear by it though.

 

[Veer_G]

Not trying to be a dick, ( I really don't have to try ) but this is a shooting forum..........

cav has been

It's relevant to our pursuits: https://www.snipershide.com/shootin...956-what-s-your-view-ii?p=6497967#post6497967

 

[cav has been]

I have scattered coyote brains across a pasture and it can be most satisfying.

Exactly! Only cure I know for uninvited guests of the mostly four legged variety. Besides Mama don't put up with predators around her chickens and turks. The Airedale and I try to stay on Mama's good side.

 

[my human host]

Pup distress sounds can be productive this time of year. Dealing with tall vegetation and hordes of hungry mosquitos is tough.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Yes, they will eat sweet corn. Coyotes are pretty omnivorous. They will eat anything in a pinch. And sweet corn is pretty packed with energy and tasty to boot.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[MtnCreek]

We did blind sets, 5" traps. They avoided them, walked around them. Not having trouble trapping them elsewhere.... just no luck in the corn patch behind house.

Thanks for the info. Corn rows have been the way they are for a while now, except for the rain. No woods litter to blend in. I think a mature yote could sense the changes in the curvature of the earth caused by a caterpillar orgasm. I may reset the dogproof traps as before and set a trap a couple ft one side or both of it; give them something to look at.

 

[Mtleadfarmer]

Electric fence will keep the coons and coyotes out. Leave gaps in the fence with snares hanging if you want to kill them. We had a decent winter here 90% of the coyote killing was on corn stubble it was the only thing for them to eat. We all joked about asking Foxpro to make a corn in distress sound for the ecall.

 

[tnichols]

Interesting information. Never heard of yotes eating sweet corn myself, but I wouldn't put it past them.

 

[knockemdown]

They eat crab apples, too...

 

[MtnCreek]

Would love to see some trail cam pics or video. Never heard of them eating corn actually, but they obviously do. We just don't have a lot of it around here. Few people have in their gardens but that's about it. Plenty of people swear by it though.

Best I can do is some photos of rabbits. We got a little over an inch of rain yesterday afternoon so I didn't fool with any traps or the trailcam. I do think the trail cam spooked the yotes. I put it on some grade stakes between some bean rows and about 2' off the ground. It does look a little peculiar. Didn't seem like a bad idea when I thought it was coons.

 

[1J04]

Best I can do is some photos of rabbits. We got a little over an inch of rain yesterday afternoon so I didn't fool with any traps or the trailcam. I do think the trail cam spooked the yotes. I put it on some grade stakes between some bean rows and about 2' off the ground. It does look a little peculiar. Didn't seem like a bad idea when I thought it was coons.

I dunno if you do this or not so I'll throw it out there. Scent Eliminator Spray and rubber disposable gloves when setting up 'may' help. But hell, as smart as Yotes are they still have no problem getting into yards and Human trash that's covered in Human Scent. Makes no sense I know, but they're Wiley Bastards and I think you nailed it. It's something new/foreign to the area. Good luck bagging Canis latrans.

 

[MtnCreek]

Well here's you're f'ing cam pics 1J... Yes, I'm a dumbass...

Cleaning out the "dogproof"....






Got Corn???





Yuuummm, honey bun....



I don't know what's up with the temp.. It's hotter than Hell, but it aint no 113* (Thank God). If she wonders too far toward that back fence line, she's libel to get a sore foot...

 

[xringr]

Tars a wily coyote right there! I knew they were smart but posing as a lab? Who woulda thunk it?

 

[vh20]

Corn cobs make DANDY intestinal foreign body obstructions. I have had to surgically remove a sackful from small intestine over the years. The rough texture makes a perfect gripping surface for the gut to clamp down and seize up on. Mostly though, this has been from empty cobs that humans have already eaten the corn from and the empty cobs got swallowed whole. In the case of eating fresh corn, they "might" chew it all up into smaller pieces that will pass. Either way, if that's YOUR Lab, beware!

 

[sandwarrior]

Why do people be let their fucking dogs wander? I can see that being a good bird dog/pet. I've seen and had to shoot more dogs for chasing our cattle than I cared to count. It's always, "My dog wouldn't do that...". I never shot a dog that wasn't doing any harm. I still had neighbors out in the country though that didn't understand a dog vs. a pack of coyotes, the pack often wins. It makes no sense to me to not know where your dog is and what he's doing.
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[MtnCreek]

That's my son's dog. She follows him everywhere and it seems she's taken it upon herself to check the garden without him.